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all right. a frightening incident of extreme road rage here in manhattan sent the father of a toddler to the hospital with knife wounds. >> the man and his wife celebrating their wedding anniversary with their 2-year-old son were targeted by a mob of motorcyclists. abc's linzie janis has the story. >> reporter: watch as 30 bikers

take over this new york highway surrounding this black range rover. look, one of the riders seems to stop short. the suv hits him, breaking his leg. within seconds, the entire group grinds to a halt. they surround the suv, police say attacking the car and slashing its tires, and that's when the suv takes off. plowing over some of the bikers. watch again. police say the driver in the car with his wife and young daughter was afraid for his life. then a high-speed chase. the bikers in hot pursuit. at one point, they catch up. one biker tries to open the car door. but again, it speeds away. the chase ends on the streets of manhattan. the driver trapped in traffic. the bikers surround the car again. this one smashing the driver's side window with his helmet. >> he is taken out of the car. he is assaulted. he received some stitches at columbia presbyterian hospital. >> reporter: police are trying

to track down those bikers and pouring over every second of that video. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> wow, that is disturbing stuff. >> really is hard to watch. the video picks up where you saw which is where the motorcyclist stops and seems to be turning around to provoke the initial impact. that's where he breaks his leg and that makes all of the motorcyclists upset. and then he mows over the motorcycles because he's probably desperate to get away. >> because his family and kids in the car. it doesn't make it right. it is a mess but this is for the police to sort out. i think this will be like a football play where there are flags on every side and they have to work out what will stick. >> apparently this was all part of -- these bikers had just done an annual ride from brooklyn to times square. i'm not saying it was those bikers but there were a group of bikers that created chaos on times square.

>> not the same bikers but the same group. >> the same event of bikers going from brick to times square. listen, i know biker. they are a good group of people. >> few bad apples spoil the barrel. no doubt about it. >> when you look at the video, you are smashing the window of a man with a 1-year-old in the back. you sent him to the hospital with knife wounds? it's, you know -- >> scary stuff. >> oh, my gosh. more news ahead. up next, we'll take the guesswork out of trying to conceive. >> a high-tech device tells you when you are ready. it could be the answer to the prayers of thousands of hopeful parents, but how does it work? ahead in our next half hour, seven years after the shooting massacre in an amish schoolhouse, the wife of the gunman is breaking her silence. she will tell you her story. you are watching world news now. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ]

♪ just the two of us ♪ we can make it if we try ♪ just the two of us all right. for thousands of couples, the frustration of trying to get pregnant can be heartbreaking. >> a new noninvasive device could be the missing link to baby makes three. linsey davis shows how it works. >> sharin is about to be a mom for the first time, and highway is and her husband did it the old-fashioned way kind of. >> start trying and not happening, first, second, three, four months and maybe next month, maybe next month and when it doesn't happen, then you get upset. we think decided to get ivf treatment by the end of summer if it hadn't happened. >> reporter: dr. jack moritz assured the couple there was nothing wrong with them and they should wait longer

before committing to ivf. >> one day the doctor told me, "hey, there's something new. do you want to try it?" >> reporter: it is called duo fertility approved recently by the fda. the tiny sensor measures your body's vital signs, sleep patterns, menstrual cycle and temperature 20,000 times a day and tells you the optimum time for you to conceive. et sensor is worn under the arm and collects data even while you sleep. every couple of days it is uploaded to a company in cambridge, england, where the data is analyzed and returned to the patient by e-mail. >> this is like a personal trainer with a temperature monitor and your personal trainer is in england giving you e-mails and telling you what to do. >> reporter: you do a fertility claims that six months has a 38% success rate, compared to one cycle of ivf that has a 36% success rate. dr. moritz says he's given it to ten patients resulting in three

pregnancies. but he is quick to point out that duo fertility is not a substitute for ivf. >> ivf is excellent for people with tubal problems, meaning the tubes are blocked. you can use the duo until you are blue and in the face and will not get pregnant. >> i got so excited, but he cannot believe it. >> reporter: but for those longing to be parents and have no fertility i, dow oh fertility may take this guesswork out of becoming a parent. abc news, new york. >> on a personal note, that doctor delivered my daughter. saw him pop up -- hey. >> we know he is the real deal. >> unbelievable. i saw him in action. i was ready to faint and he was cool as a cucumber. anyway, this is a heck of a device. >> really is. we saw the percentage but what does it mean in numbers? so apparently the company behind this temperature concept which is essentially what it is it takes the temperature of a woman's body, it says that more than 1,000 women using the device has become pregnant since the release in 2009 in england. that is astonishing numbers.

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welcome in to "the mix." we have hilarious videos to show you. some more funny than others, but they're all great. we're going to start with a policewoman dancing while directing traffic. she is on top of the world on this one day. she was doing this in manhattan, new york. there you see her. she is having a grand old time directing traffic on the intersection of 53rd street and third avenue. >> check her out. >> she was getting her job done and having a little fun. i'd love to know what she was listening to. >> yeah, right. >> when she was directing traffic. it didn't last long as you can see. gave everyone a little treat. >> nice when you get a dancer like that. we've seen them before, but i don't think we've ever seen them

-- never in manhattan. usually they are like move the car! that's a little nicer, i think. >> it was cute. >> another one. they don't have a lot to say over than a granny that can really move. check it out. ♪ >> check it out. the hips are moving. and the guy is like nah. >> she is like come on, you know you want to dance with this. come on. >> she can move. no doubt about it. apparently there is a version on youtube as well where they put "blurred lines" in. that is pretty good if you want to see more. you can move it and what else do i have to show you, that's all i got. i don't know her name. >> he knows he can't even light a candle to those moves. that's why he didn't even try. all right. we are done with the dancing for now. we will show you a video that breaks my heart. this is logan. he is a hard-core cowboys fan.

he is 4 years old. when the cowboys lost 30-21 against the chargers, he had a hard time taking it and he wasn't helped by the fact that his dad supports the giants and wasn't kind when speaking of of the cowboys. take a listen. >> logan, your team lost today. >> the cowboys lost. >> why? >> they suck. >> that's so mean. >> because they suck. come on, dad. >> don't cry. >> you will get it next time. hang in there, buddy. >> i'm not a fan of the dad. >> here we go. six high school tuba players, it -- another name, sues -- sousaphone exactly. they are very good. here's the dominos. travis high school in austin, texas. they kept playing by the way and got up and apparently people

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teach your kids about playing sports? it's concussion signs and symptoms. after a hit to the head, if they have any concussion signs like blurred vision or headache they need to stay out of play until they're checked by a healthcare professional. play it safe when it comes to concussions. when in doubt, sit them out. to learn more go to cdc.gov/concussion this is the other thing you can teach them - mes in handy.

this morning on "world news now," for the first time in 17 years the government of the united states has shut down. at this hour, the stalemate continues with no end in sight. we're live in washington. also this morning the wife of one of the most notorious killers in recent history speaking out for the first time. what the wife of that man who opened fire inside of an amish school room had to say about the days that led up to the murders. "breaking bad" joins the ranks of tv's top finales. we will look back at some of the best of all time. in "the skinny," the results of last night's "dancing with the stars" elimination. we will show you who stays, who goes. it is tuesday, october 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez.

we begin this half-hour with major parts of the federal government shut down. >> lawmakers talked until early this morning on capitol hill trying to resolve the impasse over funding, but tea party republicans in the house refused to give up the link between the budget and defunding the affordable care act. >> reporter: at midnight, president obama released this video reassuring troops in uniform that they will be paid on time. >> earlier the president told americans the shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people right away. with more on that impact, here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the white house estimating a shutdown will cost taxpayers $2 billion. >> it's a common misconception that shutting down the government is completely free. there are administration costs, loose ends to tie up, and then the cost of putting things back in order once the government starts operating again.

>> reporter: even before that deadline, consequences are being felt. the dow opening down 150 points. u.s. futures and foreign markets taking hits and retirement investments threatened. the last time there was a government shutdown 17 years ago, typical 401(k)s lost more than $7,000 within a few weeks. fear over government gridlock is putting a hold on hiring. >> it's having a marginal impact on gdp already because you have business leaders that are saying, look, these politicians in washington, once again, are sort of holding the economy hostage to their political demands. and so i'm just not going to hire until i see how this shakes out. >> reporter: further affects will be felt immediately. national parks and zoos will close. 800,000 government employees, considered nonessential will be furloughed, meaning they won't get paid, but the people on capitol hill making the decision will. >> if they were to lose their paycheck like everybody else is going to lose their paycheck it may motivate them to solve the problems they are facing right now.

>> reporter: on top of this, the u.s. is set to hit the debt ceiling within a few weeks, which experts say will be a bigger, more impactful problem than the government shutdown. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> so many challenges ahead for congress obviously. the challenges aren't only for the people at congress trying to pass this bill. regular americans will be affected by this. >> everybody will be out there spinning when they should be actually working on it tomorrow, later on this morning. this is what is wrong. first priority is spin rather than let's get this done. >> spin by people getting paid by the way. >> they get paid but other poor federal workers don't get paid. figure that one out. let's get the latest from washington. karen travers is standing by. now that the shutdown has happened, what happens next? >> reporter: well, in the immediate future, diana, everybody here on capitol hill has gone to bed. the house is in recess, the

senate is in recess, and it doesn't look like anything happening really early in the morning. house speaker boehner seems to have cancelled a planned meeting. the big challenge is how to get out of a shutdown. congress will figure out a way to avoid it. it will be harder to figure out how to get out of it. boehner appointed members of the house to sit in a conference meeting with members of the senate. harry reid said no way. that is not happening. we are not going to sit in a conference meeting. it is too late for that. it is not going to happen. really we're at a standstill at this point. today there is no clear agenda, there's no schedule, no votes. there has to be a discussion as to what side will cave and of course democrats are hoping it is house republicans that put a clean funding bill on the floor that that can pass just to get the government back up and running. >> karen, so much frustration and people hope that moderates on both sides but particularly talk that moderate republicans were trying to avoid this. is there any talk now the so-called moderate republicans

may try to seek an agreement? >> reporter: john, there was talk about a moderate republican revolt. which sounds funny, a moderate republican revolt. but a brewing sense on the floor last night that the house republican moderates would be able to ban together and prevent one of the bills getting to the floor that included a limitation on the president's health care law. it didn't happen. it didn't pass. didn't come to fruition but you were seeing members of congress saying this has to stop. we have to get over this and get on to the next fight. senator john mccain told our colleague jeff zeleny that this has to end and house republicans will have to give in. and a sense from moderates they are not happy the tea party faction, a couple dozen members of the house, are able to hold the process hostage. remember, house republicans if they put that bill on the floor, house democrats said they'd help pass it. >> karen travers live in washington, thank you. >> stay with abc news for the

latest on the government shutdown on air and on line. we will be live in our nation's capitol for "america this morning" and have coverage on "good morning america." shutdown or not, a key phase of the affordable care act starts today. starting at 8 a.m. eastern time, you will be able to shop for health insurance on line at healthcare.gov. subsidized health insurance will be available for families in all 50 states and d.c. beginning coverage january 1st. five members of a single family have been killed in a rockslide in southern central colorado. a 13-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble, taken to the hospital. boulders exceeding 100 tons crashed in to a viewing area, a half mile of a popular day hike area. rescue crews won't try to recover the bodies until later today because the area is considered unstable. four dozen commuters are nursing injuries after an empty train slams in to a parked train at a suburban chicago station.

what is baffling investigators is no one was at the controls of the empty train so it shouldn't have been moving. here in new york, the hunt is on for a group of bikers involved in a violent incident over the weekend. it was all caught on camera. here it is. it started on the highway along manhattan's west side. a group of bikers surround a black suv. the vehicle hits one of the bikers as he is surrounded by the others. the guy behind the wheel speeds away eventually, and the bikers give chase. when they catch up, some of the bikers, specifically two of them get off of their motorcycles and attack the suv breaking windows. the driver was pulled out and beaten while his wife and daughter were looking on inside of the vehicle. and another terrifying case of road rage, as well. this one on a kentucky interstate. a driver decided to tape a lincoln driving too dangerously. the lincoln pulls alongside the driver. the passenger opens up and the gun is aimed at him. luckily he was able to slam on his brakes to avoid being shot.

the man from indiana has been arrested. last month we told you about the big storms that caused flooding in acapulco. now authorities are dealing with the aftermath, crocodiles. they captured eight over the past few days. the flooding left the animals stranded miles from their natural habitat. one is blamed for the death of a boy last week. look at the weather here. the storms will ease up a bit in the pacific northwest. you can expect showers to linger all day. the nation's other stormy spot along the gulf coast and lower mississippi valley. otherwise sunny and dry everywhere else. >> summer-like temperatures of 80 degrees to the southeast and midwest. 80s and 90s across the south. chilly in the southwest with highs barely reaching 60 degrees. congratulations to some new parents for their extra large bundle of joy that they welcomed into the world. >> that's right. there's mom, dad and their new daughter carson riley palmer.

born last friday. here's the big news. at birth she weighed more than 13 pounds. >> that's almost twice the weight of a newborn baby. diana, you are cringing. maybe you will have one of those. she was delivered by c-section and the best part is she and mama are doing fine. give mama a medal. >> thank the lord she was delivered by c-section. >> yeah, right. i'm sure it still hurt. >> just saying the words hurt my heart. coming up, "breaking bad's" epic ending. what made the ending rate one of the best of all time. and a man who shot ten girls in a schoolhouse, his wife speaks out for the first time. you are watching world news now. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance.

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it's been seven years sinc it's been seven years since charles roberts burst in to an amish schoolhouse in pennsylvania and killed five schoolgirls before killing himself. >> his wife was just as shocked as the rest of the world and is telling her story in her new book "one light still shines." here's abc's amy robach. >> reporter: on october 2, 2006, a lone gunman stormed an amish schoolhouse, held the classroom hostage, and shot ten schoolgirls, killing five before taking his own life. the man responsible was charles roberts, a husband and father of three.

>> it appears that he began shooting the victims, these victims were shot execution-style in the head. >> reporter: though not amish himself, roberts lived less than a mile from the school he terrorized. seven years later, his wife, marie, is finally able to discuss it. the question that everyone has from the outside looking in is why? >> what i heard from charlie was about the loss of our first daughter. in some way he felt like he was getting back at the lord for the loss we sustained. >> reporter: do you believe your husband was mentally ill? >> on that day, he was absolutely mentally ill. >> reporter: he also planned it out. >> it was suggested to me that all of those years of undealt with depression resulted in a psychotic break. >> reporter: marie is still searching for the reasons while every detail of that fateful morning continues to haunt her. >> it was a very normal day in that the kids were getting ready for school and everything felt as it should be. charlie walked down to the bus stop with us that morning.

>> reporter: less than three hours later, marie heard from her husband. >> he called her. he did not tell her where he was. >> i was begging him not to do whatever it was he was planning to do and asking him to come home so we could talk about it and he was telling me it was too late. >> reporter: minutes later, robert shot the girls. how did your children react? >> it was the thing i dreaded most. and i thought of all of the things that i thought might be hard about life, this surpasses all of them. >> reporter: marie since remarried, and although she has started a new chapter the hardest thing is reconciling a man that she loved was also a murderer. >> i loved the way he was with kids. the thing that drew me to him is the very thing he chose to act in the opposite way. >> reporter: amy robach in lancaster, pennsylvania. >> hard to wrap your mind around something like that. one thing she mentions in the book, if there is inspiration in the horrible story, the amish

community was so good to her. they checked in on her and said how are you doing, and said the compassion she got from them is amazing. >> some sensitive stuff in the book she's writing. one of the things she says is apparently when he contacted her in that final phone call, he admitted he had molested some family members and he regretted what he had done. this is 20 years before he killed those poor girls. both of those family members have come out to deny that ever happened. there are no right answers. there are no answers when it comes to this kind of thing. somebody like she said had a mental break and acted out in this kind of way, unfortunately. >> we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

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♪ skinny so skinny ♪ "skinny" time. "dancing with the stars" time. little update. drum roll. somebody is not there anymore. very popular. bill nye the science guy out. >> oh! >> look at his last dance. >> oh. ♪ ♪ i'm up all night to get lucky ♪ >> there you go. bill nye the science guy. i have to be honest, the

accoutrements are too gimmicky. a lot of people really loved him. hats off to the effort but he's gone. >> he was at the very bottom with valerie harper, who forgot a lot of her steps and this was not great compared to other people. there are some really good dancers on here. >> grant and peta are on the top. 27. >> they are great. >> yeah, and christina and mark have 26. nicole and sasha 25. they are now the couples to beat. >> look at christina go. she's amazing. she is a singer and as -- she has choreography in her shows and put her in a setting where she has more choreography than usual she is going to excel. bill nye the science guy, when is the last time he hit the ballroom? i think the might have known he was going to go early on.

another little bit of video to show you. this is on funny or die. it is pretty funny, if you ask me. this is jennifer hudson taking on the role of carrie washington's character on "the scandal." she does the whole thing, on park bench as you see kerry washington doing in her role as olivia pope on "scandal." the whole deal is she is trying to be very serious in her role. it's hilarious. see if we can look. >> check it out. >> it's me. i'm the one with the scandal that needs to be fixed. >> what's your issue? >> my company's health care. it doesn't cover mammograms. >> the aca covers preventative care for women. >> scandalous, coming this fall. it's like the show "scandal." visit healthcare.gov for more information. >> like the show but it is not. >> this is trying to get people to the healthcare.gov website and like a commercial for obama care.

>> let's talk about a tweet. and a guy that you wouldn't think would do this, warren buffett, the fourth richest man in the world. big "breaking bad" fan. he tweets out -- i think he has done four tweets in his life. he tweets a picture of him as the lead character, bryan cranston, pretty good, right. 82 years old. looking pretty much like the dude and that is from warren buffett no less. >> is this a picture he scratched in the mustache? >> somebody must have done it for him. i'm not sure. but who would think warren buffett. >> that is hilarious. he looks great. 30 seconds to get to this. vanilla ice is responding to miley cyrus who warned justin bieber about not ending up like vanilla ice. she basically told justin, you don't want to end up like a punk rob van winkel. he took to this and thought it

was a compliment in mentioning him. in a ode to her, he put miley cyrus on his feet like she put rolling stones on her feet. but that is a real tattoo and his is not.

♪ the song that's been immortalized as the soundtrack of walter wright's final moments on "breaking bad.." >> baby blue punctuating the end of a wildly successful series. >> promises to be remembered as one of television's most notable series finales. here's abc's david wright. just get me home. i want to rest. >> reporter: finales are all about moments of redemption and/or revenge. i read that you cried writing the last episode. >> i did because it was so darn

brilliant. [ laughter ] >> reporter: "breaking bad's" finale tied up loose ends you may not have noticed. for instance, when walt puts his watch on the phone booth. the show's creator said he had to ditch the watch because they realized he wasn't wearing one in the flashback that started the final season. >> it is my birthday. ♪ >> reporter: "seinfeld" series finale flashed back nine seasons. the show ended in prison but listen closely. >> the second button is the key button. it literally makes or breaks the shirt. look at it. it's too high. >> the same conversation, word for word from the pilot. >> the second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. look at it. it's too high. >> the "friends" finale brought ross and rachel together. >> did she get off the plane? did she get off the plane? >> i got off the plane.

>> reporter: the truth is it wasn't meant to be but a rabbi convinced the producer it was the happy ending that fans wanted. with "friends" it was comedy. with "breaking bad," tragedy. >> i did it for me. i liked it. i was good at it. >> reporter: 10 million people were hanging on every word. david wright, abc news. >> i'm so mad at myself for not continuing with the series because i let it go at the beginning when they started to melt bodies. i couldn't deal with that but now i'm mad. >> everyone watches it on demand but i like to be a realtime person. but i didn't watch the "sopranos" for the same reason. i didn't have the luxury of being up at that hour. i did sea the "seinfeld" finale. i enjoyed that. favorite finale you can remember. >> i don't have one i can remember which is why i'm more upset that i don't h

good morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm diana perez. good morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm diana perez. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now" now. parts of the federal government started to grind to a halt at midnight after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on funding. the national parks will not open and 800,000 workers will be told to stay home. we get a live update from washington in just a moment. police in new york are trying to track down motorcyclists who terrorized the driver of an suv on a manhattan highway, dragging him into the street in front of his horrified wife and child beating and stabbing him. amanda knox's third trial for the murder of her former roommate, an italian court ordered new dna tests on the knife that is believed to be the weapon that killed meredith kercher nearly six years ago. knox is not attending this trial.

frightening road rage incident on a kentucky interstate caught on videotape. one driver pulled a gun on another driver and fires right at him. the man from indiana has been arrested. those are our top stories on this tuesday. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. all right. good tuesday morning, october 1st, everybody. we're going to begin this half hour with the government shutdown and lawmakers failing to resolve it on capitol hill. the house and senate met late into the night over funding the government. >> the sticking point remains a link by tea party members between funding and obama care. karen travers is live on capitol hill and is live with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, diana and john. congress could not avoid a shutdown. now the bigger challenge maybe how they get out of the shutdown.

the house is back in session at 10:00 a.m. the legislative process will begin at noon. as for when the votes will start, the schedule is very unclear. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle dug in their heels. no last-minute wranglings could get congress to stop a partial government shut down, the first since 1996. >> i didn't come here to shut down the government. >> our founder would be ashamed of what this congress has become. >> reporter: monday evening they funded a bill that would delay the health care law for a year. the bill went to the senate where it quickly was rejected. >> they have lost their minds. >> reporter: and the clock kept ticking despite this stern warning from president obama. >> a shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people. it would throw a wrench in the gears of our economy at a time when those gears have gained >> reporter: 800,000 federal

workers deemed nonessenti be forced to social security checksand dicaid fitsrity checksand will still go out,a all national parks, museums and monuments will close. this middle school student from colorado said out loud what so many americans are thinking. >> i think it is very disappointing to me because it's kind of midwest sending a message that the government cares more aboir p and bipartisanship us, the amern pe >> reporter: the next crisis is quickly looming around the corner. in just two and a half weeks, the nation john and diana, there' indication that republicans and democrats will be able to come to any agreement on tha >> my goodness. makes the head spin. tell us what is next? >> reporter: well, the next step is house speaker john boehner wants to get members of the house, sit down with members of the senate and harry reid says no way. that is notpeni after that, it's unclear what

senate democrats still are pushing for the clean up or just a government spending bill. nothing that has anything to do with obama care, just get the government back up and runnig. of course what the president wants as well but house speaker boehner made it clear it is not going to happen yesterday. maybe it will happen today. >> we know what hard-lined republicans want but there is frustration among moderate republicans. is ed t boi >> reporter: we thought that would boil over last night, diana, and it actually didn't in order to make any significance difference in the debate. are you starting to see -- you are starting to see moderate republicans saying this has gone far enough. we now have to get we have made the point, cf13 senator john mccain told stop. floor that everyone cree you havo a seat to struggn th happen and the tea party

activists, a uplef and got it to this point. >> certainly everybody involved in this wants to spin it this way. the president wasted no time releasing a video statement. what did he say, karen? resign at 12:01, one minute after the government officially shut down, president obama released a video to members of the military. it aired on armed services network around the world. his message was blunt. he said congress failed in its john and diana, president obama signed a measure last night that would guarantee that military members would still get paid and keep their benefits even if the government were to shut down. that's the scenario we are in. the military will be taken of.ill. thank you. >> karen mentioned some of the effects the shutdown will have. here are some of the details -- the national zoo in washington is closed today. but don't worry, the animals will be still cared

and fed for and the live panda video stream won't be running. air traffic controllers will work through the shutdown but the faa will halt work on a new air traffic control system. 97% of nasa is during the shutdown. the exception is the astron that are in space. they will continue their work and nasa's mission control w stwithews latest on the government shutdown. we are live in with the latest on "america this morning" and hv cov up later on the government shutdown is not stopping the next phase of the affordable care act. starting today, millions of uninsured americans can start to shop for health care coverage on-line in marketplaces on-line. abc's paula faris has details on this. hi, my name is max -- >> reporter: max was dropped from his health insurance because of a preexisting condition. >> i have asthma and allergies. >> reporter: court me to says she can't afford it. >> the biggest thing i need is good maternity coverage. >> reporter: we have heard from so many of you. >> will i have more affordable health care? >> reporter: all part of the 48 million americans who do not have insurance. about 15% of the population. >> how do i sign up and when would the coverage begin?

>> reporter: a few hours ago, you were able to log on to this website, healthcare.gov. you are able to shop around, compare, and buy. everyone regardless of age, gender, income or pre-existing condition will be able to get insurance. if you don't want to buy or have been delaying because of expense you have until march 31st, six months to purchase a plan or face a fine from the government. >> i just want to be covered like anybody else. >> reporter: in fairness, we are just now finding out how good of a deal this is but for people like max, he can breathe easier now knowing he has a choice. >> i just want to have that safety net. >> reporter: that big mystery revealed. we now know how much the plans are costing and the details involved. today we will track the process for these folks, helping them to understand what questions they should be asking and who to trust throughout the process. diana and john? >> thank you. a stunning move by the marine corps top brass firing two generals for negligence

after a deadly attack on a u.s. base in afghanistan. they were cited for failing to protect camp bastion during the september, 2012, attack where prince harry was serving at the time. taliban fighters penetrated the base and waged a vicious battle. two marines were left dead and eight others injured. the last time a general was fired for negligence is during the vietnam war. a 13-year-old girl is the lone survivor of a rock slide in colorado that killed five members of her family. the group was hiking along the trail when more than 100 tons of rocks came crashing down on top of them. according to the sheriff, the teenager said her father jumped on top of her at the last minute saving her life. she was pulled from the rubble and taken to the hospital. students at the university of california at berkeley are being kept off of the campus following an explosion from a power outage. officials say the blast may have caused -- may have been caused by an underground copper wire

theft at a campus substation last week causing more damage than initially thought. fire crews had to rescue people stuck in elevators because of the outage. evening classes were cancelled. look at the weather. expect scattered thunderstorms along the gulf coast and lower mississippi valley. lingering showers from the big storm in the pacific northwest. the rest of the country mostly sunny and dry. >> a great day, shorts and scandals -- scandals, or sandals almost everywhere. 70s and 80s coast to coast. 80s and 90s across the south but you will need a sweater in the northwest where the highs are only going reach 60 degrees. all right. it is october. that means baseball playoffs. now the teams have been decided the rays and rangers had to play their 163rd game of the season last night to get in the postseason. >> the stars for tampa bay were -- who is that? >> eva longoria -- >> i see that and think eva. does that make sense? who had a two-run home run.

david price threw a complete game for the rays. >> tampa bay wins 5-2 and winner moves on to face the red sox. the national league wild card game cincinnati at pittsburgh. i might have to -- no, i'm not going to watch them. i will be asleep. who am i kidding? maybe in my office. >> ask if i am going to watch? >> are you going to watch? >> no. >> i am rooting for pittsburgh. well, cincinnati too. they are smaller cities and neat to see two teams from less payrolls. >> not the yankees and red sox. >> not the yankees and red sox. >> exactly. coming up, october going pink. >> it is national breast cancer awareness month. for women who are putting off getting a mammogram because of the discomfort, we will show you what you are doing every day to look good that is even more painful. and connecting with your departed loved ones. can it really be done? we will show you one woman who says it is not only possible, it's something we can all do. you are watching "world news

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♪ i run for you and me my friend ♪ ♪ i run for life more than 200,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed every year in the u.s. >> october is national breast cancer awareness month. doctors are urging women to use

one of the most powerful preventative tools, the mammogram. >> it is relatively painless and to prove it, abc's sara hanes set out to show what women do for beauty every day can be more painful. >> reporter: when it comes to breast cancer, early detection saves lives. no one knows this better than jerilynn lucas, an 18-year cancer survivor. >> i want to show women what they do every day hurts so much more than getting a ma'am. -- a mammogram. >> reporter: today, we are on a mission to subject ourselves to four of the most painful things we do for beauty to prove they hurt more than a mammogram. what a better way to prove it than getting botox. jerilynn's turn. >> six out of ten. >> reporter: now i'm off to get my lip waxed and eyebrows threaded. >> ow! feels like little needles hammering into my eye. >> reporter: lip wax. >> i can't believe we do this for beauty. lip wax and threading seven out

of ten. next up, high heels. how bad do we beat up our feet and knees? >> lost feeling in my foot. >> reporter: they take a toll. >> do you get this all day long? >> yes. >> reporter: high heeled shoes six out of ten. can't talk about pain without tattoos. jerilynn takes one for the team. >> helfhopefully -- hopefully every woman who is watching will never think twice of getting her breast checked. tattoo, 21. >> reporter: finally, the moment we've been waiting for, a mammogram. i'm too young for the mammogram so i'm trying the hardware. >> your job is to stay flat footed. >> mammogram, one out of ten. next time someone complains about the pain of a mammogram, remember, this or that. you choose. sara hanes, abc news, new york. >> not easy being a woman, is it?

>> not at all. if a mammogram is one out of ten according to sara, do it. later this morning, good morning america pink. that's right. it will kick off our look at breast cancer. hundreds of people around the world will be participate willing. one of our anchors will have a mammogram done live on camera. >> this is part of take the pink pledge to learn the facts about breast cancer. head over to abcnewsgoespink.com for details. >> statistics are pretty staggering on this. one in eight american women are expected to develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. one in eight. >> that's amazing. an incredible statistic. when you think about what sara did, it is tongue and cheek. obviously wearing high heels and getting your lip waxed hurts. everyone knows this. but it is about saving your life. it doesn't matter if it hurts more than a tattoo and all of it put together it is going to save your life. >> and it is more like an awkward, uncomfortable feeling

more than an excruciating pain. >> 39,000 women are expected to die from breast cancer this year. 85% of cases happen in people with no history of breast cancer. >> that's the scariest part because all the doctors say wait until a certain age to get your test done but if you have no family history, you think you have nothing to worry about it. >> get the check. >> it might be that late. more coming up. straight ahead, communicating with the dead. the woman best known as the long island medium says she can do it. she show us how up next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. th the dead. the woman best known as the long island med

she has become a fan for one tv show, "long island medium." >> teresa caputo says she has an amazing skill and >> she has an amazing skill and

says she can talk to the dead. >> her new book she says we all have the skill and don't realize it. >> there was a father and mother. >> reporter: that thick long island accent, those long nails and that incredible ability she says she has to talk to dead people. >> did he die the night you got married? >> yes. >> reporter: theresa caputo wowed audiences on tlc's "long island medium." >> are you excited? >> yeah. >> you are? >> now she says we too can communicate with lost loved ones. in her new book, "there's more to life than this," she's teaching us how. >> song on the radio, looking at the clock and all the numbers are the same. random things happening. embrace them as signs and symbols they are with you at that moment. >> reporter: she sat down for cheesecake and coffee with me at juniors in new york city is passing on what she says she knows about the afterlife. >> it is total peace. there's no hate, no anger, no

bitterness. from the moment the soul leaves the physical body, not only is it greeted by loved ones but we leave ailments with the physical body. >> reporter: during her conversation she is regularly distracted. >> this is weird. i totally just got that somebody was not able to go to someone's funeral. >> reporter: then these women eating lunch. >> hi, nice to meet you. >> caputo has a message for loretta's late husband. >> did he always wear a hat? he goes -- usually women change their pocketbook four times. he changed his hat like four times. now he has on a fedora. i'm like what is that? >> abc news, new york. >> a longer piece about this where theresa actually gives lindsey, the correspondent a read. which is amazing. she connects with her late father and the producer that we have and her late dad. we need to go and have our conversation with lindsey and the producers to see how legit this was. >> very interesting. apparently her clients are on a

three-year waiting list. so she has believers. >> she does. apparently her clients are on a three-year waiting list. so she has believers. >> she does.

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it was after hours and there was a simple message to the video. >> i quit. >> she says after two years she's fed up sacrificing energy, time and relationships for a job with insane hours. her first move is coming back to the united states. >> she doesn't need more moves than the ones she has there. >> it is liberating but it has to be done when everybody is there and their jaws are dropping. >> this is almost better. it is in their face and dancing on desks and all sorts of stuff. speaking of making sacrifices the idea of going dutch is nothing new for couples. >> the restaurant is one thing but how about splitting the cost of an engagement ring. >> the average cost $5,000 and a survey finds a growing number of couples are opting to split the cost down the middle. opinions are evenly split. advocates call it a sign of progress. opponents say it is killing the element of surprise to the death of chivalry. >> >> a problem that most of us wish we had trying to gain weight. >> yeah, right. for some of us who aren't

pregnant, packing on the extra pounds can be a lot of work. that used to be like in high school. olympic track and field star lolo jones. >> you were pregnant in high school? >> yes. >> reporter: she has been consuming 9,000 calories a day trying to qualify for the olympic bobsled team this winter in russia. she is documenting her efforts on instagram and twitter. there is three desserts at the same time. now she is playing with our emotions. >> she says she has packed on 20 pounds of muscles. pounding burgers, pumping iron but says she is still cut but super solid. >> i think a lot of teenager boys want to be big rough dudes and you are thin. i couldn't gain a pound if i ate a tub of butter every day. i wasn't gaining anything. >> you were trying to pack on the pounds to work it in to muscle. like she's doing. >> yes, exactly. >> you didn't want to be flabby. >> sooner or later it happens and you are like if i only could be skinny like i was in high school. you didn't want to be flabby. >> sooner or later it happens and you are like if i only could be skinny like i was in high school.

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putting the american people's hard-earned progress at risk is the height of irresponsibility, and it doesn't have to happen. >> but it did. this morning on "world news now" the federal government shuts down. what's at risk and how it could affect you. also this morning a terrifying attack caught on camera. a gang of motorcyclists chase and then surround a young driver and his family. then it is called the personal trainer to get you pregnant. the new device that monitors a woman's vital signs tens of thousands of times a day to find the right moment to conceive. it is tuesday, october 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good tuesday morning, everyone. we begin this half-hour with major parts of the federal government at a standstill.

the effects are far reaching from the statue of liberty to the johnson space center and >> more on that in a moment. first we go to washington, and karen travers has been karen travers has been watching the political drama unfold. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning. the official order came just before the deadline at 11:46 p.m. last night. the office of management and budget ordered federal agencies to begin an orderly shutdown because of a lack of funds. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle dug in their heels. no last-minute wranglings could get congress to stop a partial government shutdown, the first since 1996. >> i didn't come here to shut down the government. >> our founders would be ashamed of what this congress has become. >> reporter: monday evening the house again passed a bill that would fund the government through mid-december and delay parts of the president's health care law for a year. that bill went to the senate where it was quickly rejected. >> they have lost their minds. >> reporter: the clock kept ticking, despite this stern warning from president obama.

>> a shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people. it would throw a wrench in the gears of our economy at a time when these gears have gained some traction. >> reporter: about 800,000 federal workers deemed nonessential will be forced to stay home. social security checks and medicaid and medicare benefits will still go out as will the u.s. mail, but parks, museums and monuments will close. this middle school student from colorado said out loud what many americans are thinking. >> it is disappointing to me because it is sending a message that the government cares more about their party and bipartisanship than us the american people. >> reporter: the next challenge is looming around the corner. in two and a half weeks the nation will reach its credit limit, and it looks like there is even less agreement between republicans and democrats over how to solve that potential crisis. >> what a mess. karen, tell us what's next.

>> reporter: yes, the house just went on recess. they will be back tomorrow. house speaker john boehner said he wants to have a sit down with members of the house and senate to try to figure out a way to work out these differences. you are probably thinking now they're getting to that, at this point when the government is already shut down. there's been talk about a conference meeting for months but it was rejected by both sides, and senate majority leader harry reid said last night it is not happening, we are not sitting down and discussing it. it is too late for that. the biggest challenge was to find a way to avoid a shut down and now they have to figure out how to get out of the shutdown. >> frustration felt everywhere. american people obviously. even the politicians are having to deal with this. what is growing with frustration is some moderate republicans. they expect it will boil over and change this debate? >> reporter: we thought it might last night, but it didn't happen. there's talk about house republican moderates trying to push a clean bill on the floor, a straight up or down bill to keep the government running and funded. it didn't happen.

senator john mccain told our colleague jeff zeleny last night this is getting ridiculous and needs to be a solution. i think that's the sense you are getting from moderate republicans who feel the tea party wing has held hostage this whole process and at some point they need to move on and move on quickly. >> let's talk about the president. he wasted no time releasing a video statement. what did he say in that? >> reporter: the government shut down at midnight, and at 12:01, president obama released a video statement on the armed forces network. he was speaking to the military around the world and here in the united states and his message was simple. he said that congress failed in its responsibility. last night, president obama signed a measure that will keep military pay intact, even if a government shutdown happened. of course it did happen. so he protected military members, active duty military as well as support staff. they will still get their paychecks and benefits. >> karen travers live in washington, thank you. >> all the uncertainty in washington isn't doing your financial investments any

favors. with the loss of 128 points yesterday, the dow has lost ground on seven of the last eight trading days. the blue chip industrials are up 15% for the year so far. many analysts say the big worry is the fight over the debt ceiling. of course the shutdown affects parts of the government which most of us wouldn't think of right away. >> for instance, nasa, the johnson space center in houston is the only operation open because six crew members on the international space station. >> gina is in houston. how many employees are on the job this morning? not as many as there should be. >> reporter: well, there are 3,200 civilian employees at the johnson space center. that doesn't count contractors. they are covered under a separate issue. nasa is keeping 200, what they say are critical needs employees on staff at mission control. when the clock strikes midnight,

mission control shift change, that's it. because of the six astronauts in the space station they have to keep it going and that includes support people, flight surgeons, engineers that monitor the space station systems and the cameras on the space stations, as well. for earth observations, those people are considered critical needs. >> all right. thank you. reporting from houston. stay with abc news for the latest on the government shutdown. we will be live in the nation's capitol for "america this morning" and have team coverage later on "good morning america." regardless of the government shutdown, the next phase of affordable care act goes in to affect today. starting 8 a.m. eastern time you will be able to start to shop for health insurance on-line at healthcare.gov. subsidized health insurance will be available for low to moderate income families in the united states and d.c. for coverage beginning january 1st. the marine corps has fired two veteran generals for

negligence after a deadly attack on a u.s. base in afghanistan. they were cited for failing to protect camp bastion during the september, 2012, attack when prince harry was serving at the time. taliban fighters waged a vicious battle that left two marines dead and eight others injured. the last time a general was fired for negligence was during the vietnam war. a tragic accident on the hiking trails of colorado. five members of just one family were killed when they were trapped by a rock slide. a 13-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble and airlifted to the hospital in denver. officials say more than 100 tons of rock crashed into a popular viewing area on the trail. some of the boulders were the size of cars. an update on the deadly plane crash at the airport in santa monica, california. investigators say the pilot reported no problems on board the cessna before it crashed into a hangar and burst into flames. cranes have been called in to lift the wrecked building off

the plane. at this point, the father and son are the only people believed to have been on board. the third trial of amanda knox for the murder of her former roommate began yesterday. the court agreed to run new dna tests on the knife that is believed to have killed kercher six years ago. it was agreed a jailed mobster will testify on friday. he's accused his own brother of kercher's murder. knox is not attending the trial. police in new york are searching for two mystery parachutists who jumped from 40 stories before landing near the world trade center. investigators are pouring over surveillance video of the incident trying to determine which building was used as a launching pad in the pre-dawn hours. one witness who called 911 said she saw two men walking down the street dragging a parachute. all right. when we think of october, which is underway, we of course think of oktoberfest. massive festival in munich, germany, with a lot of beer, brats, big pretzels and stuff like that.

>> sounds good about now. we think of the brat haus in scottsdale, arizona, as well. that's where they held the first ever wiener dog fashion show. the westminster kennel club has nothing on this event. how cute. >> prizes were given out to the best dressed dachshund and its owner and they said it is so popular they will hold another one pretty soon. >> i want to see the little guy in the german mountain outfit. that hat is great. >> the feathers are amazing. the thing we fail to realize is those dogs don't want to wear that. we think it is adorable and take pictures and talk about them. dogs are like, "really, guys?" >> occasional dog struts his stuff. >> ham it up. >> and the others that are like, are you kidding me? really you did this to me? >> put me in a monkey suit again. >> plenty of great oktoberfests in this country. >> a lot of them under the tents do the chicken dance, drink beer.

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all right. a frightening incident of extreme road rage here in manhattan sent the father of a toddler to the hospital with knife wounds. >> the man and his wife celebrating their wedding anniversary with their 2-year-old son were targeted by a mob of motorcyclists. abc's linzie janis has the story. >> reporter: watch as 30 bikers take over this new york highway surrounding this black range rover.

look, one of the riders seems to stop short. the suv hits him, breaking his leg. within seconds, the entire group grinds to a halt. they surround the suv, police say attacking the car and slashing its tires, and that's when the suv takes off. plowing over some of the bikers. watch again. police say the driver in the car with his wife and young daughter was afraid for his life. then a high-speed chase. the bikers in hot pursuit. at one point, they catch up. one biker tries to open the car door. but again, it speeds away. the chase ends on the streets of manhattan. the driver trapped in traffic. the bikers surround the car again. this one smashing the driver's side window with his helmet. >> he is taken out of the car. he is assaulted.

he received some stitches at columbia presbyterian hospital. >> reporter: police are trying to track down those bikers and pouring over every second of that video. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> wow, that is disturbing stuff. >> really is hard to watch. the video picks up where you saw which is where the motorcyclist stops and seems to be turning around to provoke the initial impact. that's where he breaks his leg and that makes all of the motorcyclists upset. and then he mows over the motorcycles because he's probably desperate to get away. >> because his family and kids in the car. it doesn't make it right. it is a mess but this is for the police to sort out. i think this will be like a football play where there are flags on every side and they have to work out what will stick. >> apparently this was all part of -- these bikers had just done an annual ride from brooklyn to times square. i'm not saying it was those bikers but there were a group of bikers that created chaos on times square. >> not the same bikers but the

same group. >> the same event of bikers going from brooklyn to times square. listen, i know bikers. they are a good group of people. >> few bad apples spoil the barrel. no doubt about it. >> when you look at the video, you are smashing the window of a man with a 1-year-old in the back. you sent him to the hospital with knife wounds? it's, you know -- >> scary stuff. >> oh, my gosh. more news ahead. up next, we'll take the guesswork out of trying to conceive. >> a high-tech device tells you when you are ready. it could be the answer to the prayers of thousands of hopeful parents, but how does it work? ahead in our next half hour, seven years after the shooting massacre in an amish schoolhouse, the wife of the gunman is breaking her silence. she will tell you her story. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

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